Anchovy sauce is a kind of fish sauce.
This is a picture of the anchovy sauce bottle (멸치액젓) I was talking about yesterday. (I added it when I made radish Kimchi)
I bought it for 1600 won (US $1.70) for 416 ml. (Odd number, isn’t it?) It is made of long fermented and simmered anchovies. The sauce is light brown.
You can use anchovy sauce when you make Kimchi, brown seaweed soup, sesame leaves Kimchi, or stew (jjigae), as a substitute for soy sauce. I knew it could be used in Kimchi, but I didn’t know about the other dishes. *ashamed grin*
I will demonstrate other dishes using this sauce some other time, so stay tuned on this blog. 
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This is a picture of dried Chinese dates I bought the other day.
I found a good description about Chinese dates from Wikipedia. So you can read more about them.
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This 500g sauce is about 1000 won (US $ 1.05)
To be honest, I don’t know much about it, except consuming it.
You can learn more about it from Answers.com
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When you make some kinds of soup, it is tastier to use gravy instead of just water.
To make gravy, Koreans often use anchovy or kelp. However anchovy is quite expensive and a hassle to use. So I use powdered anchovy instead.
This is a picture of the anchovy powder I use. It is 100% pure anchovy. The price is about 2800 won (US $2.95)
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One of the most common side dishes in Korea is Kimchi.
I don’t make Kimchi, because our household doesn’t consume enough to make it worth while.
This is what I buy at the supermarket usually (3,700 won for 500g, US $3.90). This one lasts me about 2 months. You can make soup, fried rice, etc with Kimchi.
You can learn more about Kimchi from wikipedia
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